University of Michigan: 1914 Law Class

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Professor Michalowski visited Warsaw University of Technology in June, 2005, met with the Dekaban Program Committee, and visited several departments. He also met with the candidate for the Dekaban Fellowship, and made plans for his arrival in Ann Arbor in mid-July. In August, the College of Engineering hosted Professor Piotr Wolanski, who met with Dean Pang and Professor Michalowski to discuss the program and possible extension to include student exchange. The latter, however, is an independent enterprise, and will not be fiscally related to the Dekaban Program.

Dekaban Fellowships
Dekaban Fellows are recruited predominantly from the Assistant Professor rank of faculty at Warsaw University of Technology. The candidates can come from any department that has a counterpart at the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Consistent with the wish of the donors, Dekaban Fellowships are a key element of the Dekaban Program. These are long-term fellowships, 6 to 12 months, and their purpose is the continuation of the education and research of the junior faculty members, exposure to a different research culture, and giving the fellows an opportunity to extend their network of contacts. Two fellows were present at the College of Engineering in the past fiscal year: Dr. Marek Rebow and Dr. Ewa Szeliga.

Marek Rebow
Marek When asked about her impressions of the United States, she replied, "This country is so different than any other I have ever seen in Europe, as it seems to be another planet, but the most impressive things for me are gigantic American cities like New York or Chicago-super modern and old fashioned in the same time-previously, I was only able to see them in movies and I never dreamed that I would have the chance to visit them myself." With respect to her thoughts about U-M, Dr. Szeliga commented that the library resources and laboratories are terrific and that "American students are amazing -hardworking and reliable -it must be a real pleasure for teachers to work with them." She was also impressed with the collaborative working relationships between educators and students at Michigan Engineering.
Dr. Szeliga returned to Poland in February, 2005. Prior to her departure, when asked what she will miss most about her experience in Ann Arbor, she responded, "Excellent coffee flavored ice cream at Starbuck's, crazy American football games, magic Halloween masquerades, purple sunrises seen from her apartment at Huron Towers, and most of all, the house of Professor Nowak," where she spent wonderful time with his family and friends.

Aleksander Szwed
Aleksander Szwed is a former Dekaban Fellow, but has been a visitor Dr. Szwed has been working on analysis and testing of restrained shrinkage effects causing premature cracking of bridge decks and analysis of flexural behavior of engineered cementitious composites (ECC) with application to bridge decks.
Szwed's work in Poland focused primarily on the strength of materials, the theory of elasticity and plasticity continuum mechanics, and numerical methods in mechanics. physics and soccer.

Tomasz Lewinski
Professor   Gliwice-Ustron (June 12-14, 2005), and the second one at WUT with a similar theme. Professor Sherif El-Tawil of U-M participated in these workshops.

Maria Szerszen
Associate Research Scientist Maria Szerszen (U-M, Civil and Environmental Engineering) continued her involvement in the Dekaban Program. She assisted with the organization of various Dekaban Program activities.